1940 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1940 between Footscray and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Norm Ware captained the hosts. Allan La Fontaine captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Joe Kelly and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (12.19.91) were defeated by Melbourne (15.20.110).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 July 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.19.91 - 15.20.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 6 . 7 7 . 8 11 . 17 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Melbourne 2 . 2 6 . 9 9 . 11 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Margin FOOT by 29 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 18 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Melbourne

Captain: Allan La Fontaine
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

E. Hawkins

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 2 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
32 Dolphin, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Ellis, Ted ? ? 1 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
33 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 1 ?
34 Power, Billy ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 1 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 19

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
36 Anderson, Syd ? ? 1 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
11 Ball, Harold ? ? 0 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
3 Baxter, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Emselle, Richie ? ? 0 ?
10 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 4 ?
1 Jones, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Lock, Wally ? ? 0 ?
14 Maher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 1 ?
33 Neenan, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
29 O'Keefe, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Rodda, Alby ? ? 1 ?
4 Smith, Norm ? ? 3 ?
23 Wartman, Ray ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 20

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s